Divided by the Wall - by Emine Fidan Elcioglu (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border-whether to build it or not-has become one of the hot-button issues in contemporary America. A recent impasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. But groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing in the Arizona borderlands for decades. Some help undocumented immigrants bypass governmental detection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and right mobilize without an immediate personal connection to the issue at hand, many doubting that their actions can bring about the long-term change they desire. Why, then, do they engage in immigration and border politics so passionately? Divided by the Wall offers a one-of-a-kind comparative study of progressive pro-immigrant activists and their conservative immigration restrictionist opponents. Using twenty months of ethnographic research with five grassroots organizations, Emine Fidan Elcioglu shows how immigration politics has become a substitute for struggles around class inequality among white Americans. She demonstrates how activists mobilized not only to change the rules of immigration but also to experience a change in themselves. Elcioglu finds that the variation in social class and intersectional identity across the two sides mapped onto disparate concerns about state power. As activists strategized ways to transform the scope of the state's power, they also tried to carve out self-transformative roles for themselves. Provocative and even-handed, Divided by the Wall challenges our understanding of immigration politics in times of growing inequality and insecurity"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border--whether to build it or not--has become a hot-button issue in contemporary America. A recent impasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. In the Arizona borderlands, groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing for decades--some help undocumented immigrants bypass governmental detection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and the right mobilize without an immediate personal connection to the issue at hand, many doubting that their actions can bring about the long-term change they desire. Why, then, do they engage in immigration and border politics so passionately? <p/><i>Divided by the Wall</i> offers a one-of-a-kind comparative study of progressive pro-immigrant activists and their conservative immigration-restrictionist opponents. Using twenty months of ethnographic research with five grassroots organizations, Emine Fidan Elcioglu shows how immigration politics has become a substitute for struggles around class inequality among white Americans. She demonstrates how activists mobilized not only to change the rules of immigration but also to experience a change in themselves. Elcioglu finds that the variation in social class and intersectional identity across the two sides mapped onto disparate concerns about state power. As activists strategized ways to transform the scope of the state's power, they also tried to carve out self-transformative roles for themselves. Provocative and even-handed, <i>Divided by the Wall</i> challenges our understanding of immigration politics in times of growing inequality and insecurity.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"This riveting book studies pro- and anti-immigrant stances together and mines the meanings of the juxtapositions. Its centering of government policies, especially policing, shows how profoundly the pro-immigration restriction positions attach themselves to the law, partly to wave away charges of racism. Conversely it shows how often and profoundly pro-immigrant groups array themselves against state power."--David R. Roediger, author of<i> How Race Survived U.S. History</i> <p/> "In this vivid ethnographic account of progressive and conservative activism at the Arizona border, Emine Fidan Elcioglu shows how these movements are about much more than immigration. She deftly illuminates how border activism is animated by gendered politics of whiteness and how privileged participants manage conflictual identities. This is a must read for anyone interested in immigration-focused movements and border issues."--Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico <p/> "Deftly comparing the social composition, emotional motivations, and worldviews--especially with regard to the state--of activists on both sides of the immigration divide, Elcioglu makes a powerful contribution to the burgeoning ethnographic literature on white working-class nativism. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, her careful analysis illuminates the central political question of our time."--Ruth Milkman, author of <i>Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat</i> <p/> "Who mobilizes for or against international migration in the United States? How and why they do so? What kind of experiences prompt them into action? Looking deeply and systematically, both to the right and to the left, Elcioglu unearths paradoxically opposing understandings of the state and dissects how these shared perceptions shape feelings and fears about others and how they sustain collective action. This is relational political ethnography at its best."--Javier Auyero, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Divided by the Wall</i> is a must-read for scholars of political movements because of its vivid, thoughtful depiction of this phenomenon at the US-Mexico border."-- "Social Forces"<br><br><p>"This is an accessible book for anyone interested in immigration politics and social movements, stratification and identity politics. Elcioglu offers an important contribution to social movements and contentious politics studies by delving into the life stories and understanding both sides of the immigration debate through their own lens."</p>-- "Ethnic and Racial Studies"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Emine Fidan Elcioglu</b> is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
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